Mothers with depression, school-age children with depression? A systematic review.

Perspect Psychiatr Care

Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Division of Psychiatry, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Brazil.

Published: July 2012

Purpose: To carry out a systematic review of the association between maternal and school-age children depression and covariate factors.

Design And Methods: The key words maternal depression, depressed children, and school-age key words were searched in Medline, Lilacs, Scielo, IndexPsi, and PsycInfo (2004-2010). Clinical and community cross-sectional and longitudinal studies were included. A qualitative checklist was used.

Findings: Thirty studies were included (21.926 dyads). The results supported the association, showing several modulators: family environment, marital adjustment, social support, depression symptoms, and children-related variables. Limitations were nonrandom samples, single informants, and nondepression diagnosis.

Practice Implications:   Identifying mothers with depression may be useful for prevention and early detection of school-age children's depression.

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